5,630 Shares in Oracle Corporation $ORCL Acquired by Gardner Lewis Asset Management L P

Gardner Lewis Asset Management L P bought a new stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 5,630 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,583,000.

Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Ellerson Group Inc. ADV increased its stake in shares of Oracle by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Ellerson Group Inc. ADV now owns 30,144 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $8,478,000 after purchasing an additional 205 shares during the last quarter. Premier Fund Managers Ltd bought a new stake in Oracle in the third quarter worth $4,130,000. Lansforsakringar Fondforvaltning AB publ increased its position in Oracle by 2.7% during the third quarter. Lansforsakringar Fondforvaltning AB publ now owns 561,596 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $157,943,000 after buying an additional 14,731 shares during the last quarter. Intrust Bank NA increased its position in Oracle by 1.2% during the third quarter. Intrust Bank NA now owns 26,752 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $7,524,000 after buying an additional 305 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Advyzon Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in Oracle by 19.6% during the third quarter. Advyzon Investment Management LLC now owns 8,216 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,311,000 after buying an additional 1,345 shares in the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Oracle Trading Down 5.5%

Shares of Oracle stock opened at $148.00 on Friday. Oracle Corporation has a 1 year low of $118.86 and a 1 year high of $345.72. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $178.15 and its 200-day simple moving average is $227.68. The company has a market cap of $425.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.82, a PEG ratio of 1.29 and a beta of 1.64. The company has a current ratio of 0.91, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.26 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.64 by $0.62. The firm had revenue of $16.06 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.19 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 25.28% and a return on equity of 70.60%. The business’s revenue was up 14.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.47 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, January 9th were given a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.4%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 37.59%.

Key Stories Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle is winning cloud deals that validate its AI infrastructure strategy — the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services selected Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for a modernization project, a concrete commercial win that supports OCI revenue momentum. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Gains Momentum With CMS Selection
• Neutral Sentiment: Some software peers (e.g., RingCentral, Five9) are rallying on better-than-expected results, showing mixed sentiment across AI-exposed software names — this helps explain sector rotation but doesn’t remove Oracle‑specific concerns. Beaten-down software stocks RingCentral and Five9 rally as earnings quell some AI concerns
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms have launched or are soliciting plaintiffs for securities‑fraud class actions covering the June–Dec 2025 period; proliferation of suits raises legal and reputational risk and increases uncertainty for shareholders. ORCL Investors Have Opportunity to Lead Oracle Corporation Securities Fraud Lawsuit
• Negative Sentiment: Market commentary ties today’s sell‑off to Nvidia/OpenAI funding dynamics: traders are treating Oracle as a proxy for OpenAI’s ability to raise capital and for Oracle’s ability to support contracted AI workloads — funding clarity is needed to calm sentiment. Here’s Why Oracle Stock Slumped Today (Hint: It’s Nvidia Related, But Not How You Might Think)
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst/social‑media threads flag heavy AI capex (estimates of up to ~$50B), higher debt issuance and insider selling — financing/dilution worries and rising short interest are pressuring the stock. Oracle Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Q2 Earnings and AI Capex Plans
• Negative Sentiment: Intraday commentary and trade reports note a sharp slide in ORCL versus broader indexes today — momentum selling and higher volume amplify the move until the market gets clearer answers on funding, capex pacing and legal exposure. Why Are Oracle Shares Sliding On Friday?

Insider Transactions at Oracle

In other Oracle news, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $194.89, for a total value of $6,821,150.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 33,638 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,555,709.82. This trade represents a 50.99% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Mark Hura sold 15,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.89, for a total value of $2,953,350.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 234,077 shares in the company, valued at $46,087,420.53. The trade was a 6.02% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 72,223 shares of company stock valued at $13,689,064. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have recently commented on ORCL. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on Oracle from $320.00 to $213.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 23rd. Melius Research set a $160.00 target price on Oracle in a research report on Monday, February 9th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $375.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, November 26th. Guggenheim reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $400.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded shares of Oracle to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have given a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $290.97.

Oracle Profile

Oracle Corporation is a multinational technology company that develops and sells database software, cloud engineered systems, enterprise software applications and related services. The company is widely known for its flagship Oracle Database and a portfolio of enterprise-grade software products that support data management, application development, analytics and middleware. Over recent years Oracle has expanded its focus to include cloud infrastructure and cloud applications, positioning itself as a provider of both platform and software-as-a-service solutions for large organizations.

Oracle’s product and service offerings include Oracle Database and the Autonomous Database, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), enterprise resource planning (ERP), human capital management (HCM) and supply chain management (SCM) cloud applications (often grouped under Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications), middleware such as WebLogic, and developer technologies including Java and MySQL.